Thousands of teachers to be promoted under new career progression plan —DepEd

Thousands of public school teachers are expected to receive long-overdue promotions this year through the Department of Education’s (DepEd) enhanced career progression system.

Education Secretary Sonny Angara said the initiative is part of broad reforms aimed at acknowledging the essential role of teachers and addressing long-standing issues that have impacted their morale and productivity.

“We began by operationalizing the expanded career progression system, and there are thousands who will be promoted this year,” Angara said at the launch of the QBEDP 2025–2035.

The career progression system introduces more flexible promotion tracks, allowing teachers to move up in rank based on classroom performance and subject expertise —not just through supervisory roles.